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Industrial heritage
The manufacturers from Mulhouse were pioneers in the expansion of French railway. 2011 saw the inauguration of the Rhin-Rhône TGV line, and the opportunity to showcase the rich collection of railway lithographs, maps, vignettes, and travel guides that are conserved at the academic library of the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse.
One of the most prominent documents from this collection is the blueprint album from Pierre-Dominique Bazaine, engineer in charge of developing the Mulhouse-Thann line in 1839 and the Strasbourg-Basel line in 1841. It exhibits, in watercoloured sketches, the now-lost railway infrastructures, stations, workshops, and furniture of his time.
Other notable collections are: the 14 lithographs from the Panoramic View of the Vosges and Railway from Strasbourg to Basel by Émile Simon and Théodore Muller, vignettes from the Picturesque Travel through Alsace by Rail from Strasbourg to Basel by Théodore de Rouvrois, and other vignettes representing trains or locomotives in pamphlet publishing. The collection is complete with railway maps and pictures of locomotives, trains, stations and railway manufactures all the way to the 20th century.
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Industrial photography
This unique collection gathers photographs of industrial buildings and landscapes, predominantly from the works of Pierre Fluck
Labour & hazards
The Société industrielle de Mulhouse's (SIM) preoccupation with social issues resulted in an abundant literature, published mostly
Portraits
The Société industrielle de Mulhouse (SIM) recruited its members among manufacturers from the Haut-Rhin département. Its